The horrifying capabilities of Cordyceps fungi have inspired popular culture, notably the zombie-apocalypse video game and TV ...

Whereas the fictionalized version of the Cordyceps fungus transforms otherwise healthy humans into rabid, mindless zombies ...

In the remote, high-altitude pastures of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and India, the cordyceps is known by the Tibetan phrase yartsa ...

A newly discovered species of fungus takes control of cave-dwelling spiders in Ireland and Northern Ireland, similar to the ...

The discovery of so-called ‘zombie spiders’ in a network of caves that lie beneath an Irish prison has caught the attention ...

On the hit zombie TV show "The Last of Us", cordyceps fungus mostly turns people into "superstrong killing machines", said Bloomberg. But in traditional medicine, the chilli-shaped fungi are ...

The Last Of Us 2 is an American television series inspired by the video game of the same name released in 2013 by Naughty Dog ...

This behaviour mirrors the actions of Brazilian rainforest ants infected by the cordyceps fungi ... changes similar to those reported for zombie ants,” scientists write in the study.

This behaviour mirrors the actions of Brazilian rainforest ants infected by the cordyceps fungi, which is featured in the post-apocalyptic TV ... “Infected spiders exhibit behavioural changes similar ...